Saturday, April 22, 2017

In selecting a downtown location over Central Terminal, a Buffalo panel decided to go with cronyism over logic. When the Canalside location was withering on the vine, the well connected came up with a last minute location to save their flailing vision and the elites once again prevail over the will of the people. Ergo, the fix was in, especially due to how secretive officials were in the end.

"This is really a transportation decision first and foremost, and from that standpoint downtown is a clear winner."

Yeah, right Zemsky. This was an absolutely political decision.

But the mayor also said everyone on the committee shared the view that something needs to happen with the Central Terminal, too."I think we will work as a community to make sure that is accomplished," Brown said.

First, the mayor wasn't as neutral as the paper portrayed him to be.Second, a historic station will never be used for its original intent ever again. Thanks for absolutely nothing, Buffalo Train Station Selection Committee.Third, we all know that Central Terminal will once again be ignored by the city once the new station is up and running. Finally, Thursday's decision once again shows that Amtrak should have never left BCT in the first place. Just ask St. Louis Union Station. I mean, the national carrier left that location a year before it left BCT and it ended up at Gateway Station, which is derided by a number of transportation activists. STLUS has only recently been partially restored to its original use but only if you're willing to shell out thousands of bucks.